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	I believe that the local people should have the right to benefit socially and economically from their natural resources as long as it doesn't put a burden on future generations (ecologically sound). This for me is the true essence of sustainability.<br/><br/> 

The wood we use comes from three sustainable sources: Reclaimed Teak, Village Teak and European Oak. <br/><br/>

<b>Reclaimed Teak wood</b> is carefully recovered from demolition of old bridges, barns, government buildings and houses throughout Central and East Java. <br/><br/> 

Indonesia is developing fast in the 21st century. Just as in Europe and the rest of the Western world in the 20th century, the lifestyle and the needs of Indonesian people are changing rapidly. Old houses, schools, hospitals, government buildings have to make place for bigger, cleaner, safer buildings fitting the needs of an ever growing population. <br/><br/> 

The availability of reclaimed teak wood is the result -not the cause- of this unstoppable process of modernization. <br/><br/> 
 
When I grow up as a kid in Belgium in the late seventies, I remember my father and my uncles demolish the old barn of my late grand father to make place for a modern car dealership. That winter, all those century old wooden beams ended up in our fireplace. When I grew up I realized what a waste of a valuable resources this was! <br/><br/> 

In my mid twenties when I came to Indonesia and saw all those old beams getting wasted, I remembered my families mistakes in the late seventies. This is the reason I started pioneering using this 'waste'. I created a second life for this valuable resource by making high quality furniture out of it. <br/><br/>  

Our furniture made from reclaimed teak wood is available with FSC certification. <br/><br/> 

<b>Village Teak</b> is grown on small plots of land owned by the local farmers in the Wonosari regency South East of Yogyakarta. This area has the most unforgiving farmland in all Java. The heavy clay soil is lying on a bed of porous lime stone rock. In the dry season this clay soil becomes hard as rock and dry as a desert. Besides cassava, eucalyptus and teak nothing really grows there. <br/><br/> 

Agro forestry is the most suitable use of this land. The top canopy of teak and eucalyptus trees gives some protection from the unforgiving sun light to the cassava growing below. The roots of the cassava are the staple food for the locals, replacing rice. <br/><br/>  

To give space to the neighboring trees every four years the farmers do a thinning cut, replacing some old mature trees with young trees. This is an ongoing process, keeping the vulnerable soil always protected from the elements. <br/><br/>  

The proceeds from the sales of those trees give a welcome additional income to these local farmers.<br/><br/>

Did you know that most of the village teak comes on the market in the months of June and July? This is the time of the year when parents have to pay tuition fees for the school of their children and this for generations to come. This for me is the core essence of sustainability!<br/><br/>

<b>European Oak</b> we buy from the well-managed forests from Germany. In this highly developed country the proceeds from the sales of timber (economic function) are less important. The main reasons the Germans maintain their forest in a sustainable way are social and ecological. This doesn't need a lot of further explanation. Just think of all the hiking, running, biking trails through the forest and you understand the social (recreational) function.  Ecologically these forests absorb the water after a heavy down pour or melting of the snow in springtime, prevention flooding in the low lands. Furthermore these forests provide a safe heaven for many species of plants and animals in this highly urbanized country. <br/><br/>

<u>Steven Van der Veken</u><br/>
Master in Science, Major in Forestry and Management of Natural Resources at K.U Leuven university, Belgium.<br/>
Owner of PT (MA) KINI.</div>
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